mclight81
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Q: Managing Content for Kids

I have an iPad 2 mini running ios 9.3.2 . I would like to allow my daughter to use this iPad for select music in my iTunes library. I have transferred over the approved content. However, when wifi is turned on, on our home network, all albums in our iTunes library are displayed and available for download... minus the songs which have explicit lyrics. (I already changed the Restrictions to disallow explicit content). You can still download all the other songs in the album without the explicit "E"... something I'd like to prevent. I don't want any albums to be displayed on the ipad except the ones I selected.

 

Neither Turning off "Sync with this iPad over wifi" in iTunes on my desktop, nor selecting "manually manage music and videos" prevents the display of the entire library.

 

Any suggestions?


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iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Jul 26, 2016 10:17 PM

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 26, 2016 10:37 PM in response to mclight81
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    Jul 26, 2016 10:37 PM in response to mclight81

    See, "What You Can Restrict" here >  Use Restrictions on your iPad

  • by elcpu,

    elcpu elcpu Jul 26, 2016 10:41 PM in response to mclight81
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    Jul 26, 2016 10:41 PM in response to mclight81

    You can still download all the other songs in the album without the explicit "E"... something I'd like to prevent. I don't want any albums to be displayed on the ipad except the ones I selected.

     

    I think the answer to that is no, you cannot prevent that with the options available under Restrictions.

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Jul 26, 2016 10:52 PM in response to mclight81
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    Jul 26, 2016 10:52 PM in response to mclight81

    Might the answer be Family Sharing?

     

    I don't personally use it, but I see in the bottom paragraph here:  "Content can be hidden by family members ...".

     

    Family Sharing - Apple Support

  • by mclight81,

    mclight81 mclight81 Jul 26, 2016 11:47 PM in response to elcpu
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    Jul 26, 2016 11:47 PM in response to elcpu

    As follow up I got off the chat with an apple representative. It doesn't appear that there is a way to only allow downloaded music to be displayed, if the wifi is on, except by using the toggle switch inside the center/top dropdown menu of the Music app, last option "Only Downloaded Music."

     

    This however cannot be protected behind Restrictions. It seems like an easy add to have a Restriction that "grey's out" this switch only allowing downloaded music to be displayed.

     

    The recommended approach from Apple was to always log out of Apple ID on the device before returning to the kids. But his makes it challenging to add new content. I have to first log in, then enter password when buying the app or music, then log out again. A little clunky.

  • by mclight81,

    mclight81 mclight81 Jul 26, 2016 11:50 PM in response to sberman
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    Jul 26, 2016 11:50 PM in response to sberman

    My understanding is that family sharing is intended to begin to give autonomy and deal with ownership on new content being purchased. The fix I'm looking for has to do with restricting certain music that I already own.

  • by elcpu,Helpful

    elcpu elcpu Jul 27, 2016 11:24 AM in response to mclight81
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    Jul 27, 2016 11:24 AM in response to mclight81

    mclight81 wrote:

     

    As follow up I got off the chat with an apple representative. It doesn't appear that there is a way to only allow downloaded music to be displayed, if the wifi is on, except by using the toggle switch inside the center/top dropdown menu of the Music app, last option "Only Downloaded Music."

     

    This however cannot be protected behind Restrictions. It seems like an easy add to have a Restriction that "grey's out" this switch only allowing downloaded music to be displayed.

     

    The recommended approach from Apple was to always log out of Apple ID on the device before returning to the kids. But his makes it challenging to add new content. I have to first log in, then enter password when buying the app or music, then log out again. A little clunky.

     

    MC, that's what I suspected and thus my previous reply. I agree with you fully, it does seem like a good idea as I often see posts about additional options on Restrictions. I suggest that you provide feedback to Apple using the form below. They will not respond but they read all and if enough users ask they may well implement the suggestion. They do listen and read all of those reports (not just saying as I am just a user like you). Regards, elcpu

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html